New Releases by Cal Fussman

Traditional Chinese edition of My Remarkable Journey by Larry King. In Chinese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

If Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn had come of age at the end of the 20th century looking for an all-American adventure, they probably would''ve headed for Vegas. They''d have been hard-pressed to go on a wilder ride than the one taken by Tom Breitling and Tim Poster to the top of the famed Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino. Call them the Odds Couple. Breitling is the kid who lives next door if you grow up in Burnsville, Minnesota. He never saw a hundred dollar bill or The Godfather until he went to college. Poster comes from a family of oddsmakers who reach for the Doritos on football Sundays and scream for the point spread. He was whistling Sinatra and booking games at his Las Vegas high school. Their unlikely friendship began in college over an $8 veal parmigiana sandwich that led to a partnership in a hotel reservation business. Starting with a desk, a chair, a pillow, and a telephone, Tim and Tom grew a company that they sold during the dot.com boom for $105 million. This allows Tim to pursue his childhood dream of owning a casino and bringing back the glory days of Vegas. When Tim ups the odds and raises the limits to give gamblers the best game in town, a craps player nicknamed "Mr. Royalty," who''s on one of the hottest winning streaks in history, heads for The Nugget. When he begins to take Tom and Tim for millions, the partnership is put to the test. But Tim refuses to back off on the odds or the high limits, telling his partner, "It''s a ballsy proposition here. It''s gonna be a roller coaster ride. But we don''t have a public company to answer to. It''s just you and me." When Mr. Royalty rolls twenty-two consecutive passes and rakes in a mountain of chips, he takes Tim and Tom to the brink. They must figure out a way to hold up The House. Just as they do, the roller coaster ride really gets rolling—and the ride becomes crazier than they''d ever imagined.

Profiles rookie NBA phenomenon LeBron James, tracking the player''s social and cultural impact on the sport of professional basketball and the ways in which money and politics are transforming the NBA.

The host of CNN''s "Larry King Live" shares his riveting story--from his humble roots in Depression-era Brooklyn to the heights of celebrity, in an account filled with personal anecdotes and behind-the-scenes observations on important world figures.

To commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the breaking of baseball''s color barrier, an exploration of Jackie Robinson''s impact and legacy by the people whose lives were transformed by his courage When Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, he forever changed the game of baseball -- and America itself. In After Jackie, author Cal Fussman traces Robinson''s enormous legacy in sports, politics, and the civil rights movement through the men (and women) who came after him. With moving and intimate interviews of more than one hundred former major league players of African-American descent, as well as such luminaries as Jimmy Carter, Muhammad Ali, and Walter Cronkite, among others, After Jackie recalls the day one man altered history for so many, and the history that followed.

The Sapikowskis family has some unexpected fun and excitement when their guest from Spain, Pepe arrives and shares some of customs from Spain such as "La Fiesta de San Fermin"; The Running of the Bulls and "La Tomatina"; The Throwing of the Tomatoes and of course, "La Fiesta de Santo Antonio".